Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Turn of the Century - Abridged

By: Kurt Andersen

Narrated by: John Rubinstein

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As big and exciting as the next century, this is a novel of real life at our giddy, feverish, topsy-turvy edge of the millennium. Turn of the Century is a good old-fashioned novel about the day after tomorrow--an uproarious, exquisitely observed panorama of our world as the twentieth century morphs into the twenty-first, transforming family,... Read more

The Watsons - Abridged

By: L. Oulton & Jane Austen

Narrated by: Graham Scott, Denis Daly, Catherine Bilson, Lin...

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jane Austen probably commenced writing The Watsons in 1803 and discontinued it after her father’s death in 1805. The original text contains no chapter divisions. It was first published in 1871 as an appendix to A Memoir of Jane Austen, by the novelist’s nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh.The story concerns the young and vivacious Emma Watson, one... Read more

The Optimist's Daughter - Abridged

By: Eudora Welty

Narrated by: Eudora Welty

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Along in the old house, Laurel finally... Read more

Нервный срыв - Abridged

By: Б.Э. Пэрис

Narrated by: Виктория Войнич-Слуцкая

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Возвращаясь дождливой ночью с поздней вечеринки, Кэсс Андерсон на глухой лесной дороге проехала мимо стоящей на обочине машины, за рулем которой была молодая женщина. Кэсс побоялась остановиться и спросить, не нужна ли помощь. А через несколько дней узнала, что женщину убили. С тех пор Кэсс не может выбросить случившееся из головы, ее мучают... Read more

Толпа - Abridged

By: Эмили Эдвардс

Narrated by: Светлана Кузнецова

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Элизабет — предельно собранная и организованная. Брайони — рассеянная и творческая. Они разные, как день и ночь, но, тем не менее, становятся лучшими подругами. Объединяет их то, что семья для каждой представляет огромную ценность. Безопасность и здоровье детей превыше всего. Однако, сами того не зная, они радикально расходятся во мнениях... Read more

Я всегда остаюсь собой - Abridged

By: Йоав Блум

Narrated by: Артур Постромин

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

«Я вынужден смотреть на все только своими глазами». Его зовут Дан Арбель, и он живет в мире, который никогда не будет прежним. Гениальное изобретение изменило этот мир навсегда. Ни один человек больше не привязан к своему телу. Простым нажатием кнопки он может оказаться в теле другого. Нет необходимости лететь в Таиланд — достаточно обменяться... Read more

Эхо чужих желаний - Abridged

By: Мейв Бинчи

Narrated by: Юлия Тархова

Length: 18 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Ирландская писательница и журналистка Мейв Бинчи (1940–2012) хорошо известна не только на своей родине, но и во всем мире. Перу Бинчи, помимо рассказов, принадлежит 16 романов, ее книги неизменно становились бестселлерами и не раз получали престижные международные премии. В 1970-х годах Бинчи опубликовала три сборника рассказов, и довольно... Read more

Song of Solomon - Abridged

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Toni Morrison

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Milkman Dead was born shortly after... Read more

Imperfect Strangers - Abridged

By: Stuart Woods

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sandy Kinsolving's once-glittering life hangs by a threat; his future depends on his wife's inheritance and whether or not she's about to throw him out on his ear. What he wouldn't give for a solution to his money and marriage problems. If this were an Alfred Hitchcock movie, the solution would be obvious. Enter a stranger with wife problems of... Read more

As Cocadas - Abridged

By: Cora Coralina

Narrated by: Angela Sacini

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O conto As Cocadas, publicado pela primeira vez em O Tesouro da Casa Velha, um dos últimos trabalhos de Cora Coralina, ganha nesta edição as cores, os traços, as ilustrações tão sintonizadas com a infância do artista Alê Abreu. A narrativa em primeira pessoa, curta, direta e, ao mesmo tempo, detalhista no que é preciso – qualidades de quem conta... Read more

Amora - Abridged

By: Natalia Borges Polesso

Narrated by: Alina Cunha

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

EDIÇÃO ESPECIAL - Três contos totalmente inéditos - Prefácio da autora trazendo o contexto da produção e trajetória da obra - Depoimentos de Cidinha da Silva e Conceição Evaristo - Posfácios de Milena Britto e Luiz Mauricio Azevedo Ao se debruçar sobre as diferentes manifestações do amor entre mulheres, estas histórias revelam um delicado... Read more

I Am Charlotte Simmons - Abridged

By: Tom Wolfe

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2005 Audie Award Finalist

America's "peerless observer" (People) uncovers college life—from jocks to mutants, dormcest to tailgating—plus race, class, sex, and basketball

Dupont University—the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition...Or so it appears to... Read more

儿童的人格教育 - Abridged

By: 阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒

Narrated by: 夕颜

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

内容简介：在《儿童的人格教育》一书中，阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒认为，一个人的人格结构形成于童年期，要解决一个人的人格心理问题必须从他的童年着手。因此帮助儿童形成健全的人格是教育儿童的首要和核心问题。阿德勒反复强调要用正确的方法培养儿童自信、勇敢、独立、坚强的品质和积极与他人、与集体合作的能力。作者简介：阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒，奥地利精神病学家，个体心理学创始人，被称为“现代自我心理学之父”，曾是弗洛伊德的学生、精神分析学派的核心成员之一，后因观点不同与之决裂。阿德勒一生著作颇丰，代表作有《自卑与超越》《人性的研究》《儿童的人格教育》等。 Read more

Goodnight Nobody - Abridged

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Emily Skinner

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner’s unforgettable story of adjusting to suburbia—and all the surprises hidden behind its doors.

For Kate Klein, a semi-accidental mother of three, suburbia has been full of unpleasant surprises. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermommies on the playground routinely snub her. Her... Read more

人间烟火 - Abridged

By: 梁晓声

Narrated by: 海浪，圆子

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

内容简介：《人间烟火》以建筑工人葛全德及其儿女的事业、爱情、人生轨迹为线索，葛全德对“四化”目标的追求、商业局长公安局长为国家的无私奉献为关键转折，用深刻的笔触还原了20世纪中期城市建设、返城青年就业问题的真实景象，通过众多人物的视角和层次描写出社会发展的巨大变迁，老一辈对集体、国家利益的无私与忠贞，场面宏大，体现了浓厚的时代感。作者简介：梁晓声，原名梁绍生，祖籍山东荣成，1949年生于哈尔滨，当代知名作家、学者。北京语言大学人文学院资深教授，全国政协委员、中央文史研究馆馆员。至今创作了包括散文、小说、杂论、纪实文学等在内的作品逾千万字。代表作有《雪城》《返城年代》《年轮》《今夜有暴风雪》。凭借作品《人世间》荣获第十届茅盾文学奖。 Read more

In Her Shoes - Abridged

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Karen Ziemba

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Jennifer Weiner comes a story of two sisters with nothing in common but a love for shoes learn they are more alike than they thought possible.

Meet Rose Feller, a thirty-year-old high-powered attorney with a secret passion for romance novels. She has an exercise regime she's going to start next week, and she dreams of a man who will slide... Read more

El Retrato de Dorian Gray - Abridged

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La obra retrata al propio Wilde y a buena parte de su mundo íntimo, poderosamente vinculado con la pasión estética. Dorian Gray, muchacho de belleza espléndida, se dedica a apurar los momentos de su vida, convirtiéndola en pasión absoluta, ajeno a cualquier moral, inalterablemente joven, mientras un retrato suyo va envejeciendo y recibiendo en... Read more

Candide - Abridged

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Jeff Moon

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Embark on a satirical adventure through the absurdities of life with "Candide" by Voltaire, now available as an engaging audiobook. In this timeless classic, listeners will journey alongside the young and naive Candide as he navigates a series of misadventures and philosophical encounters in his pursuit of happiness and understanding.As the... Read more

Gods Behaving Badly - Abridged

By: Marie Phillips

Narrated by: Tom Sellwood

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this “witty and entertaining” twist on Greek mythology (James Urquhart), the once all-powerful gods find themselves scraping by in a run-down London townhouse as they learn how to be human—and try not to destroy the world in the process.

Being a Greek god is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the... Read more

Одиночество Мередит - Abridged

By: Клэр Александер

Narrated by: Варвара Шалагина

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Мередит привыкла быть одна. Она три года не выходит из дома, не разговаривает с матерью и старшей сестрой и старается не вспоминать о прошлом. Мередит ни в чем не нуждается. Она достаточно зарабатывает и заказывает все необходимое с доставкой. Регулярно занимается спортом. Содержит дом в идеальной чистоте. Вкусно и много готовит. Читает,... Read more

自我与本我 - Abridged

By: 西格蒙德·弗洛伊德

Narrated by: 倾城

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

内容简介：本书收录了最能代表弗洛伊德后期思想的三篇作品，分别是《超越唯乐原则》《集体心理学和自我分析》《自我与本我》。《超越唯乐原则》提出唯乐原则和现实原则是控制心理活动的两种原则，并借助对移情现象的观察，推论出生的本能与死亡本能的对立。《集体心理学和自我分析》借助力比多理论阐释集体心理结构，将个体心理现象与集体心理现象相联系，并认为这些心理现象是一种原始部落状态的残留。最后，推论出自我与自我理想的对立。《自我与本我》通过将人类精神生活区分为意识、无意识以及潜意识，并借助前两文的结论，构建出人格结构三分法（本我、自我、超我）。作者简介：西格蒙德•弗洛伊德（SidmundFreud），奥地利心理学家、精神病医师、精神分析学派创始人。1895年正式提出精神分析的概念。1899年出版《梦的解... Read more

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything - Abridged

By: Janelle Brown

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A smart, comic page-turner about a Silicon Valley family in free fall over the course of one eventful summer from the author of Watch Me Disappear and Pretty Things

When Paul Miller’s pharmaceutical company goes public, making his family IPO millionaires, his wife, Janice, is sure this is the windfall she’s been waiting years for—until she... Read more

Sophie's Choice - Abridged

By: William Styron

Narrated by: Norman Snow

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

"[One morning] in the early spring, I woke up with the remembrance of a girl I'd once known, Sophie. It was a very vivid half-dream, half-revelation, and all of a sudden I realized that hers was a story I had to tell." That very day, William Styron began writing the first... Read more

Enquête pyrénéenne - Abridged

By: Enée Bussac

Narrated by: Machteld van der Gaag

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Effektives Sprachenlernen mit Spaß, Spannung und Motivation. Compact Lernkrimi Hörbücher sind die ideale Kombination aus spannungsgeladenem Krimi-Hörgenuss und effektivem Sprachtraining. Die Kriminalgeschichte wird von Muttersprachlern gelesen und eignet sich hervorragend, um das Hörverständnis gezielt zu verbessern. Die Geschichte zum... Read more